Gim Garlic Soy Rice Crackers 🍘🇰🇷

Description

Crispy roasted seaweed rice crackers brushed with garlicky soy and sesame, salty, glossy, and dangerously snackable.
Hook ✨
Five ingredients, ten minutes, and you get that addictive Korean gim flavor in crunchy bite form.

Ingredients

• 🍘 12 plain rice cakes for snacks, tteok or rice cracker rounds, about 180 g (6 oz)
• 🌿 6 sheets roasted seaweed, gim, cut into strips (6 sheets)
• 🥣 30 ml soy sauce (2 tbsp / 1 fl oz)
• 🧄 8 g garlic, finely grated (3 cloves / 0.28 oz)
• 🍯 10 ml honey or sugar syrup (2 tsp / 0.34 fl oz)
• 🌿 10 ml toasted sesame oil (2 tsp / 0.34 fl oz)
• 🌱 6 g sesame seeds (2 tsp / 0.21 oz)
• 🫒 10 ml neutral oil for the pan (2 tsp / 0.34 fl oz)

Preparation

1. 1️⃣ Heat the oven
2. Preheat to 200°C (400°F). Line a sheet pan 30×40 cm (12×16 in) with baking paper. 🔥
3. 2️⃣ Toast the rice crackers
4. Lay rice cakes in one layer and brush lightly with neutral oil. Bake 8 minutes, flip, then bake 4 minutes more until crisp and lightly golden. 🍘
5. 3️⃣ Make the glaze
6. Whisk soy sauce, garlic, honey, and sesame oil until smooth. 🥣
7. 4️⃣ Glaze fast
8. Brush a thin layer of glaze onto hot crackers and return to the oven 2 minutes to set and shine. ✨
9. 5️⃣ Finish with gim
10. Press gim strips onto the sticky tops, sprinkle sesame seeds, then cool 3 minutes for maximum crunch. 🍃

Total Time

⏱️ Prep: 5 min
🔥 Cook/Bake: 14 min
🛋️ Rest: 3 min
⏰ Total: 22 min

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